Pax
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Pax may refer to:
- the Latin word for "peace" or "treaty":
- Pax (mythology), the Roman goddess of peace
- Pax Romana or Pax Augusta, a period of relative peace and stability in the Roman Empire (see also Ara Pacis, the Augustan Altar of Peace)
[edit] Organizations
- PAX Association in Poland
- Pax Forlag, a Norwegian publishing house
- PAX Network, a U.S. television network now known as ION Television
- Pax Softnica, a Japanese video game company now known as Softnica
- Pax World Funds, a U.S. mutual fund company
[edit] Locations
- Pax, West Virginia
- Pax Hill, a place in England
- 679 Pax, a minor planet orbiting the Sun
[edit] Software
- pax (Unix), a Unix command line program to read and write file archives
- PaX, a Linux kernel security patch introduced in 2000
[edit] Popular culture
- PAX, a side project of the German band X Marks the Pedwalk
- Penny Arcade Expo, a gamer festival
- Pax, a fictional tranquilizer in the TV series Firefly
[edit] Other uses
- Pax, the standard author abbreviation for botanist and entomologist Ferdinand Albin Pax
- Pax genes, a group of genes and their proteins
- Pax, a generic brand of diazepam available in South Africa
- The Michelin PAX System, an automotive "run-flat" tire system
- A term used in the travel industry for a seat onboard an aircraft occupied by one or more passengers
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